New Mooned

I don't really have anything intelligent to say about Twilight. But as always, Alyssa does. Read the whole thing:

I don't imagine that I was alone when I was young in wishing there was something magical about me - or in reading Talking to Dragons until it became dog-eared or keeping The Mists of Avalon perpetually on renewal at the library. What girl doesn't
wish she could discover some special attribute about herself that would
smooth her way through the demons of junior high school and
beyond--particularly if that something would get her noticed for the
first time by a boy or girl with special attributes of their own? But
earlier this week, when I stumbled over the Twilight finish line, reaching the final page of Breaking Dawn,
the series' last book, it seemed clear to me that even in my younger
days, Bella Swann would never have captured my imagination in the same
way Cimorene, or Juniper, or Wise Child, or Morgaine had, and still do.
Those heroines understand the joy of being loved by someone else. But
their stories make the case that being a witch, or a warrior, or a
queen--even without a king--might be better than an eternity as a
metaphorical princess in a metaphorical tower, no matter how much the
vampire company sparkles.

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